I had a lot more I was starting to write up about that, but then my self-imposed posting deadline came up so I deleted and posted as-is. *g* But yeah, that's what I think, too; that people are taking advantage (in a neutral way, not negatively meant!) of having a place where there are going to be 100+ reasonably vid-savvy butts in chairs watching their vids, so they can bring their "I liked this and wanted to make a vid" vids, even though they don't really expect there to be a fandom per se for that vid. Vids in more popular/known sources are going to Club Vivid, or being premiered online.
And while I like that (obviously), a show where that's the predominant thought process can almost be as bad as those ones where it's all one fandom that you don't like.
Yeah, it really can. Honestly, I hope the ratio doesn't keep shifting much further, and I think that for myself personally, I'd be happiest at something more like 30% of the vidshow. I don't parse vids well on a first viewing, even in fandoms I know; when I don't know them it all, I can get really lost, and that's frustrating/exhausting when there are too many like that.
OTOH, looking at some of the things I've vidded over the years, I cannot throw stones at anyone. *g* I totally get the "I love this, and I don't care if anyone else gets what I'm saying with this, I need to make this vid" impulse.
I do miss the sense of shared fannishness, though, even if it's not *my* fannishness; like, I was boggled that there was only one Teen Wolf vid, and that barely-medium-sized POI was the "big" fandom of the show.
The challenge is getting people to connect to something like that, especially if it's a situation where source is hard to come by if someone's intrigued.
I could weep for the Queen Seondeok vid -- the only source I could find (for under ~$100) is ~60 hour-long eps on Crunchyroll. Which is too many for me, especially for having to sit at the computer to watch them.
I probably could have other thoughts on this except that I'm still kind of brain dead.
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And while I like that (obviously), a show where that's the predominant thought process can almost be as bad as those ones where it's all one fandom that you don't like.
Yeah, it really can. Honestly, I hope the ratio doesn't keep shifting much further, and I think that for myself personally, I'd be happiest at something more like 30% of the vidshow. I don't parse vids well on a first viewing, even in fandoms I know; when I don't know them it all, I can get really lost, and that's frustrating/exhausting when there are too many like that.
OTOH, looking at some of the things I've vidded over the years, I cannot throw stones at anyone. *g* I totally get the "I love this, and I don't care if anyone else gets what I'm saying with this, I need to make this vid" impulse.
I do miss the sense of shared fannishness, though, even if it's not *my* fannishness; like, I was boggled that there was only one Teen Wolf vid, and that barely-medium-sized POI was the "big" fandom of the show.
The challenge is getting people to connect to something like that, especially if it's a situation where source is hard to come by if someone's intrigued.
I could weep for the Queen Seondeok vid -- the only source I could find (for under ~$100) is ~60 hour-long eps on Crunchyroll. Which is too many for me, especially for having to sit at the computer to watch them.
I probably could have other thoughts on this except that I'm still kind of brain dead.
omg, dude, my brain is so gone. *flail*